Boy Scouts and Girl Guides/Girl Scouts are run by various non-profit/non-governmental (NGO) organizations, depending on their location.
The organizational counterpart would be Scouts or Boy Scouts. Girl Guides and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts are a female based organization.
There are Girl Guides in the Netherlands (Holland). Scouting Nederland (SN) is a combined organization for Girl Guides and Boy Scouts in the Netherlands.
The Girl Scouts and Girl Guides share the same motto as the Boy Scouts. This motto from 1907 is 'Be Prepared."
It is either Girl Scout or Girl Guide or Guide. The international organization is the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS).
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) is an organization only for girls. WAGGGS member organizations are not allowed to have male members under the age of 18. In some countries, where Girl Guides/Girl Scouts meet jointly with Boy Scouts, the girls are members of WAGGGS and the boys are members of the WOSM.
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female. Girl Guides and Girl Scouts are specific organizations designed for girls, based in the UK. Boy Scouts (Boy Scouts of America) and Boy's Brigade, based in the UK are equivalent scouting organizations for boys. These organizations have world wide memberships and there are are a number of similar organizations throughout the world. Note: Girl Guides, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Boy's Brigade are proper nouns and should be capitalized.
There were Girl Guides in Turkey as early as 1912. The central governing body for both Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, the Directorate of Scouting and Guiding, was founded in 1936.
At the time when Boy Scouts and Scouting were getting their start from Robert Baden-Powell, girls became interested in what the boys were doing and said they wanted to be Boy Scouts. Robert Baden-Powell thought that girls should have their own organization, so he asked his sister to help start Girl Guides. The organization is known as Girl Guides in some places and Girl Scouts in others.
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) claims to have over 10 million members in 145 countries world wide. The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) claims 31 million members world wide.
It was, until 1960 when the boy scouts and girl guides merged into the same organization
Since 1912 in the USA. Girl Guides and Girl Scouts were founded by Lord Robert Baden-Powell and his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell when girls asked to become Boy Scouts. Lord Baden-Powell thought that girls should have their own organization, so, in 1910, Girl Guides were started in the United Kingdom. The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is celebrating the Centenary of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting in the years 2010 to 2012. Girl Scouts of the USA celebrate 100 years in 2012.
For Boy Scouts, the largest gatherings are usually called "jamborees".Girl Guides and Girl Scouts use and have used various terms for large gatherings, including "roundup", "camporee", "world camp", and "jamboree". Currently, the largest gatherings for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) are called "international camps" or are given a specific name that describes the event.